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The prevailing narrative surrounding the collapse of Yugoslavia is that after the death of Tito, the country inevitably dissolved into ethnic chaos without a strongman to "keep everyone in line." Does this match the current scholarly analysis of what happened?
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Why did the United States of America only recognize Australian sovereignty in 1940, 39 years after Australian independence?
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Why is South Africa the only African country where the population of white colonizers and their descendants remained throughout the 20th century?
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We always talk about Japan and Italy’s relationship to Germany during World War 2 but what was the relationship between Italy and Japan like?
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Happy New Year! As it is now 2014, the outward limit of the 'twenty-year rule' in AskHistorians has ticked ahead once more -- let's talk about 1994.
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Did the ancient Greeks believe centaurs actually existed, or did they merely use centaurs as narrative elements the way we use elves and orcs today?
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Why is/was Napoleon I not called "The Great", despite his overwhelming military success in conquering much of Europe and introducing modern legal systems to various states?
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